The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20
REMARKABLE WOMAN.
SIZED WITH A RAZOR, SHE
GIVES BATTLE,

Graduate OF Vassar College,
cna w9neges Her Plantation and Di-
r,c+s 1876 Tenants-Her Wonderful
denomination in Resisting Robber.
80, TN, Ne,g Orleans Times Democrat
nn,,;no the latter part of last January
,i,l from Selma, Ala, gave the details
mu,qierors attack on widow lady
a ,,od Mrs Shackelford, residing in the
In+,n, some twenty-eight miles from
a lima. by a brutal negro, and also the he
=, action of the lady, who, although
.,,doa almost unto death, mounted her
a 10 ,,,,,soed, Shot down and captured her
y ssailant. ~
a vos+erdov A reporter received informa-
a +I,o+ Mrs Shackelfortl was i'll the city,
u +Linlinr that the affair might develop
4 ~ ~ w Interesting story, called at fash
l.o olin hoar,ling-house and presented his
u Tho repolter was shown into the par
T., and sat Quietly watching the door Tor
& 10 advent Of the object OF his Visit, whom
II Axnected tosee i'll the shape OF natrolliy
s ooling lady, Judging trom tne tenor Oh !, Cne
.,11oarad af the door handsome ''chatain"
f1,ediIIm height, perfect figure, and not
10. o. years of age. Her features were
Ver "a ;yith an eve that denoted quick
IA o 1rl+io,, her complexion showed a very
XII: :nI'+ taJr while her hands We're fair, indi
&afinp that she wore gloves i'll riding about
ier country domain.
81 As she stood, her figure was as straight as
M arrow and was set off to advantage by
e 4r faultless dress OF dark blue, trimmed
3 it'll two panels Of the same material, orl'a-
3 hented with
81 SMALL WHITE BARS.
"a With slight movement or the head for
Eard. Mrs. Shackelford advanced as the re-
orter arose. and after offering an apology
RI or few moments delay III arranging heT
{oilet introduced herself
III after excusing himself for the intrusion,
H. reporter in very few words informed
her Of the object of his visit.
~ With a smile bordering upon the satirical,
4. She gracefully reclined her figure slightly
onward TO occupy an armchair, she said:
X.Ob no I cannot do that; was never i'll
3eryiewed in my life and have To desire for
Hotoriety. l am simply a rustic country
Woman who has been thrown upon her own
lesources since IS years of age, and by force
h circumstances compelled to follow the
How and harrow on horseback from day
pht to dark to keep the homestead of an
u 6pd and devoted father from being eaten
HI by debt.
~ The reporter, realizing that he had to deal
with a woman as extraordinary as she was
retiring and adverse to publicity, saw at a
Il lance that circumspection would have to
Be used in drawing from her the history of
HE dav on which she made such narrow
Escape after making a terrific struggle for
her life. After an hours cautious and
hdroit conversation a considerable portion
bf the history of this lady's remarkable life
Vas obtained, and, as the sequel will prove,
Il shows her to be a woman of wonderful
bluck. endurance. ard determination.
m Mrs. A. P. 5fsaekeiford, nee Miss Annie
Perrine was born ID Alabama, and her pa
tents being a1nDnx the wealthiest in the
State, her life from babyhood to childhood
vas strewn with roses
Upon reachinR age to be educated Vas
B bar College, at fRhkeepsie, n Y, was
selected, and it VAS this college that she
received Che tfejning and culture that
proved so useful tosher in after years.
She remaihert sthis school until she was
5 years of age X1d leaving there returned
b her fathers h6l1le where she met, was
courted and was Wtided to A. p Shackel-
ford, of VifglH{&4 tAe same year.
At the time a. her marriage her income
from two =
FINEsT PLANTATIONS IN ALABAMA
was from "a, 900 y Sc, 600 year.
After y ~ happy wedlock a trip to
Callfornia was 'rrkpOSed, and the couple Wis
TIED the city of the Golden Gate. 1t was
while In this city that misfortune for the
first time touched at her door. Her queenly
fortune was swept away as if in a single
night.
a Unlike many women, instead of giving
up to despair she fell back upon the treas
ure her family had endowed her with, her
education, and as correspondent for num-
Der OF New York journals she supported
her husband and herself Sho not only kept
IA the wolf from the dooc, but was able to
save enough in course of time to return to
Pleasant Hill, Ala, twert 5-eight miles
from Selma, the home of her father. On
reaching there she was called upon to face
another emergency. Years and past trou-
bles had so silvered the locks of her father
that he had been unable to run the place as
ne mad IN by-gone days, and a debt of
So,oUU, bearing heavy interest was in
cfeaslng SO rapidly that it was only a
question OF time for the mortgage TO swal-
low up the old homestead.
WIN determination and will power sell
Goin found III one so young, Mrs. Shackel-
ord BID farewell to journalism and became
aer fathers manager She took charge of
me books OF the store, Strengthened them
Gut and torced.all the delinquent plantation
lAhds 10 settle up, and thereafter kept the
BOOKS herself. She then became overseer OF
Ie place, and directed the running of the
Plantation.
To accomplish this task she found it
necessary to be in the saddle from in the
Iorhlng until candlelight at night, and this
aaS been her life since she was seventeen
Years. Of age
AT the end of five years her husband
~ol' leaving her widow with one child,
nov bright little fellow of four years.
Az hrst as manager of so large place
nc experienced great trouble with the
IeroeS, who did not wish to be bossed by
""ohl'iIl, but with pluck as indomitable
% uer energy she soon taught them the
sSPecU que her, and it was not long before
te was able to ride down to the quarters
night ana force drunken negroes TO quit
"y T nights and thus prevent bloodshed
IL 1Mse Years ago she paid off every dollar
I plantation owed, and now has the
ros.e OF knowing that she manages q
cotton and cora
hee of debt.
ny, ~ tne head of this great place, or, as il
W. nsh1 DC styled, this little world of heI
I9 ~ She leases, advances and collects from,
t ao WuantS, and cultivatcs with squad of
v"o y-tWo hands 100 bales of cotton every
Hoi besides raising corn and fodder fol
oVocA, as well as market supplies for
Dg Tie consumption and sale.
ro ann5o3ugh her cXertions her father, who is
g oT " years Of age, and mother, whose
MI : failing so fast that it borders upon
ibr'.lheSs' are liable TO live in their declin.
''s years IN wealth and afiluenca